Acropolis (English language edition)

Panos Valavanis

ISBN 10: 9606878740 / ISBN 13: 9789606878749

Published by Kapon Editions, GR, 2014

About this Item

95 colour illustrations. The Athens Acropolis and its Museum constitute an integrated architectural and artistic unity, one of the most important in the history of global civilization. This informative and attractive guidebook is designed to be a useful travel companion; its descriptions and interpretative analyses help show the monuments in a new way, through an understanding of the historical, artistic and political events that contributed to their creation. Through the text and the illustrations we get to know the gods and heroes who were worshipped on the Acropolis, the leaders who envisaged the major projects, the artists who brought them to fruition, as well as the innovative ideas they applied, and the Athenian citizens who admired and enjoyed these achievements.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Acropolis (English language edition)
• Publisher: Kapon Editions, GR
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9606878740
• ISBN 13: 9789606878749
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 277 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Acropolis: Visiting its Museum and its Monuments, the outcome of assiduous research based on the most recent scientific findings, aims to be a friendly and useful travel companion. Its descriptions and interpretative analyses help us to see the monuments in a different way and to understand the historical, artistic and political events that contributed to their creation. Through the texts and the illustrations we get to know the gods and heroes who were worshipped on the Acropolis, the leaders who envisaged the major projects, the artists who brought them to fruition, as well as the innovative ideas they applied and the Athenian citizens who admired and enjoyed these achievements.



This little book will help us to explore and engage with the monuments of Athens, not with awe but with the joy that springs from knowledge.

About the Author

Panos Valavanis (1954) is professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Athens, teaching and searching in the fields of classical vase painting, topography of ancient Athens, classical architecture, Greek athletics and ancient Greek technology. He has taken part in a lot of excavations in Greece at the field and in the publishing of the finds. He is especially interested in the dissemination of the current research to the wider public.